Re: ZFS: amd64, devd, root file system.

From: Kris Kennaway <kris_at_obsecurity.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 22:14:23 -0400
On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 02:09:43PM +1200, Juha Saarinen wrote:
> On 4/9/07, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> >3. It is now possible to have root file system on ZFS. You would still
> >   need UFS for your /boot/ file system.
> 
> Stupid question perhaps, but I couldn't find the answer through
> searching... why is it not possible to boot directly from ZFS, only
> from UFS?

The boot blocks need to read the loader from the filesystem, which in
turns needs to load the kernel from the filesystem.  This involves
parsing the filesystem.

Kris

Received on Mon Apr 09 2007 - 00:14:25 UTC

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